Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-02-04
THE zoo IN WINTER.
CARE OF THE CENTRAL PARK
MENAGERIE IN COLD WEATHER.


Tho Bison Under shed-Bears Care
fuuv I.ooked Aner-Prairie Dorx. s.,
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Animals" and Monkeys
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natural level Into that snace ve tnrned
.ba nrair;a doos 10 Y,,aLo tbe;r o,,,, ho1,sas
and tbev have done so snnarent,v to tbe;r
entire satisfaction They have brrroxaJ
in all directions. and are only restrained
hy Tho sto,,e 1vsIIs and 49, fr,,,, axta-d-
mo their snbtarranaan v;IIa 90 indafin;taiv
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winter stores Tbev have Grag,sd donn
=, Iaas. !, haIa ~ ho,, and !. r-raet S,,.,t;t,,
of corn into their hnrrows mating them.
sa,vas on;te indenandant of ne rnt;,
snr;n, In n,e.sant ysothor on tbron,h
tba winter tbev come ont and anrear IN
tata an interast +, What ;s GOING IN hnt
On cold davs NOT ono Of tbsn noSas b;s
nose above Ground II is a nonnIar err1fr
bv tba wav that tba nro;ria Spg does not
Sr;nt watsr '0 '''
tsyas ), Mr. Tbornnaon cb,nro, int, tho
e.and 8 oood nnanv narsons
have the mistaken idea that PARROTS do
not want water and are likely to die Il
they drink any. They forpet-if thew ever
kpew-tbat the presence of parrots is an
unfailinp Indication of the neiehborhood
of water in Africa. The error arises from
the fact that those birds are Generally
brought here by sailors who do not take
tbe trouble to give them any water. The
birds manage to live. but undoubtedly
suffer tortures from thirst. for when thew
land here and get at water they are yery
ant to drink 40 preedily that it kills
tbem.n
ssEyerythinp that lives. even a Ken
tucky colonel drinks water some times. -
remarked Superintendent Conklin. who
continued: Gan that the sea lions ask ia
tn he LET alone. beyopd the giving to
them of their daily snnniv of f;sb They
nlav about in the water all the winter
through. In exceedingly cold weather.
when tbe temperature of the air is consid.
erablv below that of the water. they stay in
the water all the time only nokino their
noses ont occasionally for breath They
have no use for anv other shelter Ice il
nrevented from forming ON their nond Nv
their constant motion in the water.
ssTbe swans. geese and ducks scorn
even such shelter "a the pelicans have.
They do hest in the omen air ali the time.
We have fenced off for them n mart of the
MINER lake. and there thew swim around
enonph to keen tbe ice from forming
on mart OF tbe water Many of them
bv choice sleen on the ice and In exces.
siyely cold weather the down of the swans
is freonentlv frozen fast tn II 40 that wa
have to chop it away with hatchets to
Iiberate them. They could inst as well
sleep on the dry bank. but doubtless an
inherited instinct of self preservation from
tbe attacks of prowline nocturnal animals
leads them to prefer the ice. away out
from tho shore. as a resting place. The
swans have a way of drawing their feet
up inside their thick down SO that they do
not toueh the ice and are never frozen.
even when the down under them is frozen
into tbe ice. An the geese and swans are
wonderfully touph. not in the sense of
that might commend them for
boarding ho,,se but in the matter of en-
durance,- Even the south African eeese
and the Australian black swans. though
fren. yery hot climates. seem to stand the
cold as well as the Others.
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